In this transcript of an oral history interview conducted circa 1980 by Eugene Pfaff with Hobart Jarrett, Jarrett primarily describes the efforts to desegregate the Woolworth's lunch counter and Meyer's Tea Room in Greensboro in the early 1960s. He...

In this November 19, 1970 Greensboro Daily News article, W. K. Lee Jr. reports on the Greensboro Ministers Pulpit Forum's support of the workers strike at Industries of the Blind due to poor conditions at the factory where "workers are subjected to...

This transcript of an oral history interview conducted by William Chafe circa 1975 with Edward Zane primarily documents Zane's work as the chairman of the Human Relations Committee during the 1960 sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina. Topics...

In this transcript of a December 14, 1983, oral history interview conducted by Eugene Pfaff with Sarah Herbin, Ms. Herbin primarily discusses her experiences as a staff member of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in Greensboro and in...

This October 13, 1977, oral history interview conducted by William Chafe primarily documents Tartt Bell's work with the American Friends Service Committee toward desegregation of businesses and schools.

In this transcript of a September 27, 1989, oral history interview conducted by William Link with Joe Mitchell, Mitchell discusses his childhood and education, and describes race relations in Northampton County. He characterized the national and...

This November 7, 1979, article, Dwight F. Cunningham of the Greensboro Daily News reports on pleas within Greensboro's public housing communities that future demonstrations such as the November 3, 1979 anti-Klan rally where five members of the...

Article from the February 29, 1960, issue of the Greensboro Daily News. Originally appeared on page A-8. The article reports that local African American ministers in Winston-Salem suggest boycotting the local stores with segregated lunch counters...

Article from the March 3, 1960, issue of the Greensboro Daily News. Originally appeared on page A-6. The article reports that an interracial group of ministers released a public statement in support of integration.

This essay written by Janet Boyte circa 1963, details her husband, Harry G. Boyte's, employment with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and his views on civil rights. Using quotations from Harry and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,...

This scrapbook details many activities of the Greensboro College Y.W.C.A. between 1941 and 1952. Included are several issues of the illustrated “The Gleam” newsletter and clippings of students. There are many items detailing the yearly...

Included in this folder are clippings from various newspapers and periodicals. Articles appear from such publications as Business Week, The News and Observer, The Greensboro Record, and The University of North Carolina Newsletter. Topics of...

Original program from the dedication service for the new Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel at Bennett College For Women. The services was conducted by several visiting ministers taking also taking part of the service were Mrs. Henry Pfeiffer (Annie...

Letters, pamphlets, postcards and other correspondence exchanged by various members of the Southern Education Board in 1901. Some of the letters are written by or addressed to Dr. Charles D. McIver. Includes letter by or references to Booker...

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